Ron Howells (soccer player, 1935)

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Ron Howells
Personnel
Surname Ronald Howells
birthday August 3, 1935
place of birth Ferndale ,  Wales
date of death August 2014
Place of death Wolverhampton ,  England
position Outrunner
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Nuneaton Borough
1952-1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 (0)
1959-1961 Portsmouth FC 65 (2)
1961-1963 Scunthorpe United 69 (4)
1963 Walsall FC 13 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Ronald "Ron" Howells (born August 3, 1935 in Ferndale , † August 2014 in Wolverhampton ) was a Welsh football player . The winger was part of the Wolverhampton Wanderers ' championship team in the 1957/58 season , but did not get there beyond the role of supplementary player.

Athletic career

Howells was signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 1952 , having previously played for Nuneaton Borough . Mostly used in the position of outside runner , he came in the closing stages of the 1955/56 season to his first league appearances and he played the last seven games, starting with the debut on April 3, 1956 against Aston Villa (0-0). Almost two years later, in the 1957/58 championship season, he played two league games in a row against Newcastle United (3-1) and Chelsea (2-1). From then on, however, he received no more probation opportunities in the first team and in March 1959 he moved to Portsmouth FC , who shortly after relegated bottom of the table in the second division.

Although Howells was now part of the permanent staff in Portsmouth, but after two more years he had to accept another relegation to the third division in mid-1961 . Howells remained in the second division, however, as he found a new employer there in June 1961 with Scunthorpe United . There he was in the starting line-up in 69 league games over the next two years before moving on to FC Walsall , who had recently been relegated to the third division . His involvement in Walsall was short-lived and after the bribery scandal in English football became known, Howells was also accused and ultimately banned for half a year. In fact, this ended his professional career in football.

Howell passed away in August 2014 at the age of 79.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolverhampton Wanderers, The Complete Record, 304–30
  2. ↑ Match fixers shames the beautiful game (Express.co.uk)
personal data
SURNAME Howells, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howells, Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferndale
DATE OF DEATH August 2014
Place of death Wolverhampton